Mounting bracket
AssigneePeerless Industries, Inc.
InventorsWilliam Phuong Lam, Dugan O'Keene, Garry Monaco
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Abstract
An improved mounting bracket that provides an indication to an installer when a mount is not correctly aligned. The mounting bracket comprises a mounting contact portion and at least one side portion integrally connected to the mounting contact portion, with the at least one side portion defining a receiving region for accepting one or more retaining portions of a mount. The at least one side portion includes a first ramped surface at least partially outside of the receiving region. The first ramped surface configured to contact a retaining portion when the retaining portion is misaligned with the receiving region, thereby informing an installer of the misalignment.
Claims20
A mounting bracket for mounting an object to a mounting structure, comprising:
- a mounting contact portion having a mounting contact surface configured to operatively attach to an audio/visual device, the mounting contact portion having a longitudinal length and defining a longitudinal axis;
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- independent and separated first and second side portions extending substantially perpendicular from the mounting contact surface, the independent and separated first and second side portions each coupled to the mounting contact portion along the longitudinal length of the mounting contact portion, the first side portion being substantially parallel to the second side portion, wherein the mounting contact portion, the first side portion and the second side portion cooperate to form a channel;
- the first and second side portions including:
- a first ramping surface extending away from the mounting contact portion and disposed substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis, the first ramping surface defining an incline and terminating in a hook configured to accept a first retaining mounting structure portion, and
- a receiving region extending substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis and configured to receive, proximate the mounting contact portion and the hook, the first retaining portion of the mounting structure,
- wherein the first ramping surface is configured to contact the first retaining portion of the mounting structure to indicate a misalignment between the mounting bracket and the mounting structure.
A mounting bracket for mounting an object to a surface, the mounting bracket adapted to provide misalignment indicia between the mounting bracket and a mounting structure secured to the mounting surface, comprising:
- a mounting contact portion including a mounting contact surface configured to operatively couple to the audio/visual device;
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- a pair of side portions coupled to and extending away from the mounting contact portion, the pair of side portions including an open space therebetween, each of the pair of side portions defining:
- a first ramping surface variably elevated in relation to the mounting contact portion along the length of the first ramping surface, and
- a receiving region located along a segment of the respective side portion and defining a receiving aperture proximate the first ramping surface, the receiving portion configured to receive a mounting structure portion,
- wherein the first ramping surface and the receiving region are configured to associate with the mounting structure portion such that the misalignment indicia is indicative of misalignment between the mounting bracket and the mounting structure portion.
A mounting bracket for mounting an audio/visual device to a surface, the mounting bracket adapted to provide misalignment indicia between the mounting bracket and a mounting structure secured to the mounting surface, comprising:
- a mounting contact portion including a mounting contact surface configured to operatively couple to the audio/visual device;
- a first side portion extending away from the mounting contact surface;
- a second side portion extending away from the mounting contact surface such that the mounting contact portion, the first side portion and the second side portion cooperate to form a channel therebetween;
- a first ramping surface extending substantially away from the mounting contact portion, the first ramping surface variably elevated relative to the mounting contact portion, between a first minimum elevation and first maximum elevation, along the length of the first ramping surface;
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- a receiving region defined proximate a portion of the first ramping surface defining the first maximum elevation, the receiving region configured to receive a mounting structure portion;
- wherein the first ramping surface and the receiving region are configured to selectively associate with the mounting structure portion such that the misalignment indicia is indicative of misalignment between the mounting bracket and the mounting structure portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.